On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 9:37 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't posted a PESO in a long time, which is totally out of character. > That's due in part to the virtual reality photos biz, which has kept me > really busy, shooting 1000 frames a week or so. It's also the result of a > project I undertook: the restoration of our wedding photos. They were 37 > years old, cracked and creased. All of them had taken on a deep maroon shade. > I scanned each of about 70 on the Epson 3200 flatbed, restored the color and > retouched them. The book was falling apart, so I bought a new Legacy album as > well, which is the brand I sell to my brides. I would guess I have about 60 > hours of work in that project, but it turned out well. > > Which brings us to Grandma's birthday, where Grace presented her with the > book. (Grace is our birthday elf and is the central figure at every event.). > Here Grace waits anxiously while Grandma reads her card: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8461593&size=lg > > And here Grandma asks Grace, "who is that?" as she points to a wedding pic. > Grace was amazed to discover that we were once very young: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8461593&size=lg > > I didn't use flash with these, primarily because I was being lazy:-). I shot > them at ISO 1100, f4 @ 1/30th with the DA* 16-50/2.8 on the K20D. I used AWB > and didn't correct color temp. I was pleased with the way the camera balanced > the warm overhead tungsten and the cold window light. And that's all! >
To my mind, the first one, with that look of nervous anticipation on Grace's face, is priceless! Wonderful project you've embarked upon. I'm sure your wife loved it! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
